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MEMORIAL 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE 



UPON THE DEATH OF 



HON. G. FRANK ROWLAND, 



LATE A SENATOR FROM THE FOURTEENTH DISTRICT 



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HARRISBURG, PA.: 

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RESOLUTION 



In the Senate, 
April 9, 1909. 

Resolved, (if the House of Representatives concur), That one thou- 
sand (1,000) copies of the proceedings of the Memorial services, held in 
honor of the late Honorable G. Frank Rowland, be printed for the use 
of the Senate. 

HARMON M. KEPHART, 
Chief Clerk of the Senate. 
The foregoing resolution concurred in April 9, 1909. 

THOMAS H. GARVIN, 
Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives. 

Approved— The 13th day of May, A. D. 1909. 

EDWIN S. STUART. 



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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE 



UPON THE DEATH OF 



HON. G. FRANK ROWLAND, 



In the Senate, 
Wednesday, March 3, 1909. 

On motion of Senator Grim, the following- resolution was twice read, 
considered and agreed to, viz: 

Resolved, That a committee of eight members of the Senate be ap- 
pointed to draft suitable resolutions on the death of the late Senator, 
G. Frank Rowland, who died on October two, one thousand nine hun- 
dred and seven, and present such resolutions at a special meeting to be 
held on Wednesday, March twenty-four, one thousand nine hundred and 
nine, at three o'clock post meridian. 



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MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS AND ADDRESSES. 



Ill the Senate, 
Wednesday, March 24, 1909. 

AFTERNOON SESSION. 

Pursuant to adjournment, the Senate was called to order 
at three o'clock post meridian, I^-esident Pro Tempore Sisson 
in the Chair. 

PRAYER. 

Prayer was offered by Reverend M. D. Lichliter, as fol- 
lows: 

O, Lord, we recognize Thee as the Father of our being; 
Thou dost give and Thou dost take away. Help us in our 
own hearts to bless God for all His mercies and for the 
privileges of living in this world. In the midst of life's 
cares and life's duties impress upon each of us, upon each of 
the members of this Senate, the important thought of our 
latter end. We are taught upon every side of the uncer- 
tainty of life and the certainty of death ; that we are like 
as grass that groweth up and is cut down and withereth ; 
we are here for a day and then go to our long home. As 
the winter comes the earth is covered with snow and the 
earth is frozen, an emblem of death ; yet as the zephyrs of the 
spring time are swept upon us reminding us that the flowers 
will again bloom and the earth will be covered with verdure, 
so from Thy blessed word come the zephyrs from the mighty 
tomb of our blessed Christ that they who sleep shall rise 
again and their mortal bodies shall be clothed with immortal 
bodies and they shall enter into the rest prepared for Thy 
people with bodies crowned like unto Thine own glorious 

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MEMORIAL SERVICES. 



body. Bless, we pray Thee, this service and especially let 
Thy blessing rest upon the immediate friends of the deceased ; 
comfort them by Thy word and Spirit, and especially bless 
him that is the brother representing his district in this Senate. 
Be Thou especially near to him. Hear us and bless us, and 
finally when life is o'er, bring us to heaven through Christ. 
Amen. 

Mr. GRIM. Mr. President, I desire to offer the following 
resolutions : 

RESOLUTIONS. 

Whereas, G. Frank Rowland, a member of the Senate of 
Pennsylvania for the Fourteenth Senatorial District, has, 
during the interim of the present session of the Senate, de- 
parted this life ; and 

Whereas, His services to his constituents and the State 
of Pennsylvania, entitle him to commemoration by the mem- 
bers of this Senate; therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the Senate of Pennsylvania hereby enter 
upon its minutes its appreciation of the services of the late 
Senator Rowland, as a member of this body. He was at all 
times esteemed for his fidelity to duty and for the honest 
endeavor which he brought to the solution of questions of 
legislation submitted to the Senate during the session of 
1907; and 

Resolved, That we hereby express our sympathy to his 
family, and direct that a copy of these resolutions, properly 
attested, be communicated with our respect to the members 
of his familv. 

WEBSTER GRIM, 
A. G. DEWALT, 
lAMES K. P. HALL, 
EDWARD F. BLEWITT, 
EDWARD F. JAMES, 
WILLIAM H. KEYSER, 
EDWIN M. HERBST, 
JOSEPH A. LANGFITT. 



HON. G. FRANK ROWLAND. 



ADDRESSES. 

Mr. GRIM. Mr. President, One week ag-o to-day we 
.'gathered here to ])ay a last tribute to our late fellow-mem- 
ber, Senatcn- Algernon firooke Roberts, and to-day we have 
met to pay our public tribute of res])ect to another fellow- 
member who passed away during his term of office, the Sen- 
ator frtMu Pike county, G. Frank Rowland. The ravages of 
time and death alike make great changes in onr ranks. A 
few days ago I looked upon the picture which contains the 
photographs of the members of the Senate of one thonsand 
nine hundred and five. I noted the changes and could 
scarcelv realize that thirty-five, or two-thirds, of the mem- 
bers who sat with us in the session before the last one, are 
with us no longer, and that one-fifth of that number have 
been called to their reward. I ventnre the assertion that at 
no other period in the history of the Commonwealth has 
such a great change been made within the short space of four 
vears. With truth has it been said that "Onr days are like 
the shadow that declineth. As for man, his days are as the 
grass, as the flowers of the field so he perisheth, for the wind 
passeth over it and it is gone, and the place thereof shall 
know it no more." We are accustomed to look upon the 
Senate as a continuous body, in which few changes take 
place. The Senate is a continuous body, surrounded by cus- 
toms and bulwarked by the traditions of the past. We glory 
in its seeming stability, but the members thereof come like 
the mountain streams in the spring tide, and go like the flot- 
sam that is swept over Niagara. The shi]) of State rides 
on, but the sailors who man her are swept from her decks, 
and new hands and new faces pull the sails or turn the wheel. 
Such is the rule of our existence. 

Plonorable George Frank Rowland was born in Rowland, 
Pike countv, Pennsylvania, September seventh, one thousand v 
eight hundred and fifty, where his father. Honorable George 
H. Rowland, was then and until the time of his death, in one 
thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, engaged in business 
as merchant, luml)ernian an<l farmer. He was educated in 



10 MEMORIAIv SERVICES. 



the public schools of his native village, at Fort Edward 
Collegiate Institute, Fort Edward, New York, and Eastman's 
Business College, Poughkeepsie, New York. 

After completing his education, he returned to his home 
and assisted his father in the management of his business 
until one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, when he 
located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the 
mercantile business until one thousand eight hundred and - 
ninety-seven, when, on account of the recent death of his 
father, he returned to his former home and assumed the 
management of his father's estate ; here he remained until the 
time of his death. 

He was postmaster at Rowland, Pennsylvania, from one 
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two to one thousand 
eight hundred and eighty-two, and again from one thousand 
eight hundred and ninety-seven to one thousand nine hun- 
dred and four, having resigned both commissions because 
other business engagements demanded his whole attention. 

Senator Rowland was all his mature life a supporter of 
Democratic principles, but until the time of his return to his 
former home, in Pike county, in one thousand eight hun- 
dred and ninety-seven, his business engagements had been 
such as to afford him little time to engage in the active 
work of his party. Soon after his return to his native 
county, he became a worker in the ranks of his party, and 
so ef^cient were his labors that in one thousand eight hun- 
dred and ninety-nine he was nominated and elected County 
Treasurer of Pike county. In one thousand nine hundred 
and two and one thousand nine hundred and four he was 
nominated by the Democracy of his county as their choice 
for Congress, failing, however, to receive the district nomi- 
nation. During his comparatively short political career he 
was frequently called upon to serve his party as a delegate 
to district and State conventions, which service he always 
performed cheerfully. 

He was elected to the Senate of Pennsylvania from the 
Fourteenth District in November, one thousand nine hun- 
dred and six, and served during the session of one thousand 



HON. G. FRANK KOWIyAND. 11 

nine hundred and seven. He died at his home, at Rowland, 
on October second, one thousand nine hundred and seven. 
Senator Rowland was never married, and at the time of his 
death was Hving at the Rowland homestead, with two un- 
married sisters. 

It was my good fortune to know Senator Rowland well. 
He was a faithful and conscientious pul)lic servant, and while 
he made no pretentions of being a leading mend)er of the 
Senate, he was a valued member of the minority and had an 
important part and mission in the reform legislation of one 
thousand nine hundred and seven. \\> all loved him for his 
kindness of heart and sympathetic nature. He never w^as a 
fault finder, and never a word of criticism did he pass upon 
his fellow-members. He was conscientious at all times ; he 
belonged to that class of men who practice the proverb that 
"A soft answer turneth away wrath," a trait of character 
that all of us could contemplate with profit to one's peace of 
mind. The world in these days of selfishness needs more of 
the "milk of human kindness," and when we find a man who 
has trained himself to practice this virtue, we feel that the 
world can ill aiTord to spare him. 

"True worth is in being, not seeming-, 

In doing- each day that goes by 
Some little good, not in the dreaming 

Of great things to do by and by. 
P"'or -whatever men say in their blindness, 

And spite of the fancies of youth. 

There's nothing so kingly as kindness. 

And nothing so royal as truth." 

Such a man was our fellow-member. Senator Rowland. 
But his work was ended suddenly; almost in the twinkling 
of an eve, he was beckoned across the River. He answered 
the summons, and there safe within the mansions of eternal 
bliss, far removed from the strife and turmoil of this life, he 
rests, we hope, in peace. 

"There is many a rest in the road of life, 

If -we only -would stop to take it, 
And many a tune from the better Land, 

If the querulous heart would make It! 



12 MEMORIAL, SERVICES. 

To the sunny soul that is full of hope, 
And whose beautiful trust ne'er faileth. 

The grass is green and the flowers are bright, 
Though the wintry storm prevaileth." 

"Better to hope, though the clouds hang low, 

And to keep the eyes still lifted; 
For the sweet blue sky will soon peep through, 

When the ominous clouds are rifted; 
There was never a night without a day 

Or an evening without a morning; 
And the darkest hour, as the proverb goes. 

Is the hour before the dawning. 

"Better to weave in the web of life 

A bright and golden filling. 
And to do God's will with a ready heart. 

And hands that are swift and willing. 
Than to snap the delicate, slender threads 

Of our curious lives asunder. 
And then blame Heaven for the tangled ends, 

And sit, and grieve, and wonder." 

Mr. MILLER (Northampton). Mr. President and Fel- 
low-Senators, It is a melancholy duty and yet a privilege not 
to be foregone to speak a word touching the life of the friend 
and fellow-Senator who has so lately passed from our midst. 
Of him whose amiable personal qualities endeared him to us 
all in so great a degree. Senator Rowland was born in Row- 
land, Pike County, on the seventh day of September, Anno 
Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty. Was elected 
a member of the Senate of Pennsylvania in November, one 
thousand nine hundred and six, from the Fourteenth Sena- 
torial District which, with Northampton, the Eighteenth 
District, which I have the honor to represent, forms the 
Twenty-sixth Congressional District of Pennsylvania. 

My acquaintance with Senator Rowland is of very recent 
date, dating back to one thousand nine hundred and four. 
I met him during the summer of that year while attending 
several Congressional conferences, hence I am not qualified 
to speak of his early life and career, more than to state that 
he had been held in high esteem by his constituency, and that 
numerous honors were bestowed upon him by his native 
county and by his Senatorial and Congressional Districts. 



HON. G. FRANK ROWLAND. 13 

He has gone from us so rccenti}- that it is hard to rcahzc 
that his faniihar presence is not among us still, and even hard- 
er yet to know that we shall never more see him in his seat 
in this hall, or in his place at the connnittee table. It is pain- 
ful to adjust ourselves to the stony reality of fact with res])ect 
to his departure — painful to think that he has gone irrevoca- 
bly on his long journey to the undiscovered country, from 
whose bourne no traveler returns. 

Yes, he has gone from us so recently that his presence is as 
fresh before our minds as though we had heard him greet us 
but an hour ago. 

We all know that his temperament and disposition were 
alike lovable and rare. All his instincts were kindly and hu- 
mane. He was utterly devoid of malice. His heart was 
warm and gentle as a woman's, and his conscience as delicate 
and keen. 

None of us in the legislative arena here, ever heard an un- 
kind word fall from his lips. His temper was of the sweetest, 
inoffensi\-e, beneficent. 

So far as my knowledge and observation extend, all out- 
ward manifestations of anger, resentment, and irritation were 
unknowai to him and to his conduct in life. 

He never considered or treated ])ublic cjuestions from the 
personal side or from the private or individual standpoint. 
On the contrary, his treatment of such questions was invari- 
ably abstract and impersonal, whether they were distinctly 
political or public in a wnde sense. 

He had strong, pure affections that bound him to his State 
and to his friends like hands of steel. 

"He seemed the thing he was, and joined 

Each office of the social hour 

To noble manner, as the flower, 

And native growth of noble mind; 

And thus he bore without abuse 

The grand old name of gentleman." 

I know of no sincerer compliment which the living pay the 
dead than their sorrow: and as for Senator Rowland, with all 
my heart, I wish he w^ere living still. 

There was, there is, no simpler, gentler, manlier man. 



14 MEMORIAL SERVICES. 

Mr. JAMES. Mr. President and Fellow-Members: It 
was my good fortune also to know Senator Rowland. We 
came here, as most men do, to this body — strangers. We 
first met on this floor. I was assigned to a seat next to his, 
and we became very warm friends. He was possessed of a 
bright, happy disposition, and his friends who knew him best 
appreciated the warmth of the fays of sunshine that radiated 
from the soul of this man, who was always ready with a smile 
and a clasp of hand, such as to make you feel that it was good 
to know him, and to be numbered among his friends. I 
think, perhaps, nothing more beautiful can come into any 
man's life than the association which we enjoy here in the 
Senate of Pennsylvania. And while speaking for myself 
I am sure that I voice the sentiments of my colleagues when 
I say that this good fellowship appeals to no one stronger 
than the man whose memory we are here to call to mind this 
afternoon. During the past summer I had occasion to go in- 
to his home town. I made inquiry for him there among his 
friends. It was the first time I had visited that part of the 
State, and was going to say I was surprised to know how 
many people knew him. In conversation with a man whom 
I met by accident, while stopping over in the town for a few 
hours, who, after he knew that I had been acquainted with 
Senator Rowland, said to me, ''Senator James, I want to say 
to you that in this part of the country we all loved Frank 
Rowland." I told his friend on that occasion, "That is not 
strange, because we learned to do that in Harrisburg." 
During the last session of the Senate, when he and I were 
here as new members, and as some of you older members 
very well know, we were oftentimes in need of the advice 
and counsel of the other fellow. I never hesitated and always 
took a great deal of pleasure in asking that of Frank Row- 
land, which we frequently ask of the other men on this floor. 
And you, gentlemen, who were here at that time, know that 
anything in the power of Frank Rowland to give, was al- 
ways most cheerfully given. During that session a great 
many of my friends from my home town visited here, and 
were always extended the courtesies usually given by the Sen- 



HON. G. FRANK KOWI^AND. 15 

ators on occasions of that kind. Frank Rowland was one ot 
the first who took care to see that my friends were looked 
after and taken care of while here. I shall always remcnil)er 
him for his unselfishness, and also for his many acts of kind- 
ness, not only to myself, but to the people with whom he 
came in daily contact. 

I deem it a great privilege, Mr. President, on this occasion 
to say this word in his memory. 

The question being on the adoption of the resolutions, 
the yeas and nays were taken in accordance with the direc- 
tion of the Chair, and were as follows : 

YEAS. 

Messrs. Baldwin, Blewitt, Campbell, Catlin, Cochran, 
Crawford, Crow, Dewalt, Dimeling, Durham, Fox, Gerber- 
ich. Grim, Hall, Harper, Hays, Homsher, Hulings, James, 
Jamison, Keyser, Kline, Klinedinst, Kurtz, Manbeck, Mar- 
tin, McConnell, Mcllhenny, McNichol, Miller (Northamp- 
ton), Miller (Bedford), Murphy, Riley, Rodgers, Rowland, 
Shields, Snyder, Templeton, Thomson, Tustin, Vare, Wal- 
ton, Weingartner, Wertz, Wilbert, Wolf and Sisson, Presi- 
dent pro tempore. — 47. 

ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. 

Messrs. Herbst, Langfitt and Sproul. — 3. 

All the Senators having voted in the affirmative, the 
Chair declared that the resolutions were unanimously 
adopted. 



16 MEMORIAL, SERVICES. 

ADJOURNMENT. 

Mr. GRIM. Mr. President, I move that the Senate do 
now adjourn. 

Mr. MILLER (Northampton). Mr. President, I second 
the motion. 

The question being, 
Will the Senate agree to the motion? 

It was agreed to. 
Whereupon at four o'clock post meridian, the Memorial 
session adjourned. 



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